what language is this?

macedon · Post by **macedon** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:28 pm

I have a fun techno mp3, but I don't recognize what language it is in.

https://webspace.utexas.edu/aboulgak/mystery.mp3

My hypothesis is that it is Farsi (sounds kinda Indo-European).

Any linguistics gurus or native speakers here that could clue me in?

macedon

nynex4 · Post by **nynex4** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:31 pm

3 seconds of music.....no words. try agian.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:44 pm

File plays fine for me (but I have no idea what the language is).

Reha666 · Post by **Reha666** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:26 pm

i'm not sure, but this sounds very like an east-europa language

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:36 pm

Personally, I rule out any European languages from what I hear right now.

I suspect it to be Hebrew, but it might be something else. Certainly a middle-eastern language of some sort.

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:43 pm

Turkish? I really have no idea.

Undertow · Post by **Undertow** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:46 pm

Janzki wrote:Turkish? I really have no idea.

Sounds indeed like around that region.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:48 pm

It does remind me of Farsi, but there's a weird repeating sound in there that I don't remember hearing in any Farsi before though, kind of like a fj sound in Norwegian. OF course, all the Farsi I've ever heard sung was more traditional sounding songs, not techno. The gutterals in there scream Middle Eastern. Maybe...Egyptian?

azulmagia · Post by **azulmagia** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:35 pm

It sounds Indian to me...Hindi, Urdu, possibly Bengali. There's an off chance it could be Hebrew or even Hungarian, but I kind of doubt it.

Reaven · Post by **Reaven** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 4:11 am

my bet is that its somewhere near Iran of Irak.
doesn't sound like turkish